Monday, Apr. 07, 1958
Robbin' Hoods. In Bluefield, Va., thieves cracked a supermarket safe, filled the store's heart fund container with dimes, left with the remaining $400.
Old Sport's Car. In London, Walter Davis won $7,000 damages for being run down by an 1896 three-wheeled Leon Bollee, driven by Claude Woollard, 75.
Pocket Veto. In Jackson, Miss., as a bill to clamp down on professional shoplifters was in transit between the House and the Senate, someone made off with it.
At the Last. In Milwaukee, Gilbert Schroeder called for his shoes, found them with stitching running in all directions, complained to police, who arrested Shoemaker Milan Sasich for drunken and disorderly conduct.
What the Sign Said. In Newington, Conn., William Monnier, 22, drove his car through the front window of the Sesme Drive-In Restaurant, walked a wavy line to the kitchen, fixed himself an early morning snack.
Solitary Refinement. In Chicago, Warden Frank Sain of the Bridewell House of Correction raised the morale of his women inmates by issuing fitted dresses, freed them of the sack dresses they have been wearing since 1852.
On the Bottom. In Milwaukee, Howard G. Rivers Jr. masked his face with one of his baby's diapers, got caught robbing the Bottoms-Up tavern.
Piclc-Me-Up. In Hartford, Conn., Clyde Wise was taken to a hospital after downing a Sunday-morning mixed drink containing a can of beer, two bottles of Mercurochrome, a bottle of iodine, 50 aspirins. Epsom salts, cold pills, a bottle of paregoric, ink eradicator, adhesive-tape remover, vitamin pills.
Member of the Wedding. In Waukesha, Wis., ex-Sheriff Michael Lombard!, charged with going easy on Dominic Picciurro's saloon, testified that he hardly knew Picciurro, would as soon have arrested him as anyone, admitted on cross examination that he was best man at Picciurro's wedding.
Returns of the Natives. In Toledo, Gilbert C. Hooks, district director of Internal Revenue, showed newsmen five samples of letters he has been receiving: 1) "In accordance with instructions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope"; 2) "I'm forwarding my marriage certificate and my six children"; 3) "I am happy to report that my husband is dead"; 4) "Unless I get my refund money very soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life"; 5) "You changed my boy to a girl--will this make any difference?"
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